doc. dr. sc. Miranda Sertić

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Miranda Sertić, PhD is a senior assistant – research associate at the Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis. She teaches graduate courses Pharmaceutical Analysis and Analytics in Pharmaceutical Product Development. She also teaches at postgraduate specialist studies courses Quality Control of Pharmaceuticals and Analytical Procedures for Identification of Counterfeit Pharmaceutical Products. Her scientific interests include development of new analytical methods for the analysis of pharmaceuticals and quality control of food supplements, with emphasis on analytical techniques: capillary electrophoresis, liquid and gas chromatography and mass spectrometry.

Education:

2013 Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry; University of Zagreb, Postgraduate doctoral study, academic title: PhD, field of science: biomedicine and health

2006 Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry; University of Zagreb, Graduate study of Pharmacy, academic title: Master of Pharmacy

Work experience:

2013 – today: senior assistant – research associate at Department of Analytics and Control of Medicines, Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry; University of Zagreb

2007 – 2013: assistant – research associate at Department of Analytics and Control of Medicines, Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry; University of Zagreb

2006 – 2007: master of pharmacy – intern, ZU Ljekarne Dvoržak, Zagreb

Visiting positions:

March – June 2008: Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

September – December 2009: Institute of Chemical Methodologies of the National Research Council of Italy, Rome, Italy

Projects:

Associate on projects funded by the University of Zagreb: Development of nanosensors and advanced analytical methods for determination of pharmaceuticals (2014) and Novel electroanalytical, capillary electrophoresis and chromatographic methods in quality control of pharmaceuticals and dietary supplements (2013).

Associate on project funded by the Ministry of Science, Education and Sports of the Republic of Croatia: Investigation of new methods in analysis of drugs and bioactive substances (2007 – 2013, project ID: 006-0061117-12406).

Project holder on project funded by the Croatian National Foundation for Science, Higher Education and Technological Development: Effect of additives and buffering agents on the electroosmotic flow and electrophoretic behavior of biomolecules in capillary electrophoresis (2009).

Awards and honours:

Honorary diploma of the Croatian Pharmaceutical Society for active and dedicated work within the Croatian Pharmaceutical Society and pharmaceutical profession (2013).

Ministry of Science, Education and Sports of the Republic of Croatia scholarship during graduate study (2004 – 2006).